On 2009-02-08, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a FX5200 here and this works well. > > r...@smoker / # equery list nvidia > [ Searching for package 'nvidia' in all categories among: ] > * installed packages > [I--] [ ] media-video/nvidia-settings-169.07 (0) > [I--] [ ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09 (0)
> You may have to mask the newer ones. They do not work with > mine at least. I know. 173.15 and newer don't support FX5200 cards. I tried several different 173.14.xx versions and none of them work for me (I don't remmeber if .09 was one of them). I always got an illegal instruction traps when Xorg is starting. Other people reported that same problem to nvidia, but AFAICT, there was never any fix. I went back to 100.19 and a 2.6.24 kernel and it seems to work fine. It's a bit dissappointing that my card isn't suported by recent drivers/kernels when it's only about 1-1/2 years old. -- Grant
